Femoral Nerve Damage After Hip Replacement Surgery

1 fleischman an rothman rh parvizi j.

Femoral nerve damage after hip replacement surgery.

Incidence and course of recovery. May 5 2014 source. Nerve damage after hip surgery may be due to inflammation date. Six 0 34 of these patients had a post operative femoral nerve palsy.

However only a few studies focus on femoral nerve palsy fnp following tha with the direct anterior approach daa. Nerve damage after surgery that doesn t go away after a few months can be devastating. Neurologists from mayo clinic are reporting new findings that link some nerve damage after hip surgery to inflammatory neuropathy. Historically nerve damage from hip surgery has been attributed to mechanical factors caused by anesthesiologists or surgeons such as positioning of the patient during surgery or direct surgical injury of the nerves.

Common symptoms include numbness weakness or paralysis of the legs. Femoral neuropathy is a broad term that refers to any medical condition that causes femoral nerve damage. Femoral nerve palsy following total hip arthroplasty. A recent article links some nerve damage after hip surgery to inflammatory neuropathy.

Moreover several studies have reported that tha with daa may result in. When the femoral nerve is impaired the knee will tend to buckle or you may experience difficulty going up or down. A recent mayo clinic proceedings article links some nerve damage after hip surgery to inflammatory neuropathy. During the 7 year period from 2008 to 2016 1756 patients underwent primary tha with a direct anterior approach by a single senior surgeon for end stage osteoarthritis.

Femoral nerve injury is a rare yet serious complication following the anterior approach for tha. However newer non surgical nerve repair techniques may be able to help. Occasionally the femoral nerve will be damaged by a hip replacement surgery. Historically nerve damage from hip surgery has been attributed to mechanical factors caused by anesthesiologists or surgeons such as positioning of the patient during surgery or direct surgical injury of the nerves.